More articles about: infectious disease
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5 Ways to Manage Your Mental Health During COVID-19
During the COVID-19 pandemic and mandated social distancing, a wellness specialist provides five ways you can protect and improve your mental health.
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14 Things to Do If Someone You Live With Has COVID-19
What to do if you have coronavirus, or if you live with someone who has confirmed or suspected COVID-19. Tips for preventing infection while providing COVID care at home.
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The Pandemic Fight Over Plaquenil
A patient with lupus weighs in on the COVID drug debate.
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Chloroquine, Ibuprofen and Beyond: Doctors Discuss Latest Treatments, and Treatment Rumors, For COVID-19
There are no therapies proven to prevent or treat COVID-19 yet, but providers can help address symptoms while they continue researching new ideas.
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Are Digestive Issues a Symptom of COVID-19?
New studies out of Wuhan, China are showing that diarrhea can be an unrecognized, early symptom of COVID-19, sometimes presenting ahead of respiratory symptoms.
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Viruses Live on Doorknobs and Phones and Can Get You Sick – Smart Cleaning and Good Habits Can Help Protect You
An op-ed from the chair of epidemiology at the University of Michigan.
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Your COVID-19 Questions, Answered by a Top Primary Care Doctor
Here, an health care specialist talks about the latest in the spread of the coronavirus.
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I'm a Family Doctor Fighting Against Fear and Struggling With Distancing While Trying to Keep My Patients Healthy
Tammy Chang, M.D., shares her perspective on being a health care provider during the COVID-19 crisis. 
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Cooking at Home While Social Distancing
Cooking can be cathartic, and during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, cooking at home can not only give you a healthy meal, but can help the health of your community by flattening the curve.
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100 Years of Stopping Contagion with Science
Even before scientists understood what caused them, or developed drugs or vaccines for them, U-M offered advanced care for infectious diseases.
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COVID-19 Coverage
The latest stories from the Michigan Health and the Michigan Health Lab on the coronavirus outbreak.
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How Scientists Quantify the Intensity of an Outbreak Like COVID-19
An epidemiologist explains the term "R0" and how many people one person can infect if they have the coronavirus.
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How Quickly Does Coronavirus Spread?
Modeling emerging diseases like COVID-19 can be difficult and potentially inaccurate with traditional reporting methods alone. One U-M researcher has been using her expertise in forecasting epidemiological trends to collaborate with researchers in China t
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What Can Hospitals Do to Prepare for COVID-19 Cases?
Hospital preparedness for COVID-19 cases caused by coronavirus has to happen now, including preparation for bed capacity increases and use of scarce resources.
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Feeling Helpless Because of Coronavirus? Here Are 11 Things You Can Do
The COVID-19 outbreak is causing a lot of fear and anxiety. Here are 10 actions you can take to help yourself and others in your community as the coronavirus pandemic continues.